Intentions to Marry, 1917 Albertland to Hamilton

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840469, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1917 is bound in six volumes (a to f) with continuous page numbers. Each volume contains a different set of districts, going from north to south.

1917a contains pages 1-356, covering districts from Albertland to Hamilton

Page 193

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 December 1917 Registrar J. G. Jordan

Date of Notice

Names and Surnames of Parties

BDM Match

Condition

Calling or Profession

Age

Dwelling Place

Length of Residence

Marriage Place

Folio

Consent

Date of Certificate

Officiating Minister

896

6 October 1917

George Haddon Bird
Edith Rene Harris

George Haddon Curd
Edith Rene Harris
💍 1917/5790

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

24
20

Auckland
Auckland

11 years
6 years

St Jude's Church, Avondale

5473

Charles Augustus Harris, Father

11 October 1917

Rev. E. Fletcher, Anglican

No	896
Date of Notice	6 October 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Haddon Bird	Edith Rene Harris
BDM Match (94%)	George Haddon Curd	Edith Rene Harris
	💍 1917/5790
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 years	6 years
Marriage Place	St Jude's Church, Avondale
Folio	5473
Consent	Charles Augustus Harris, Father
Date of Certificate	11 October 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Fletcher, Anglican

897

11 October 1917

Leslie Victor Brittenden
Kathleen Murray Clark

Leslie Victor Brittenden
Kathleen Murray Clark
💍 1917/5791

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

32
30

Auckland
Auckland

8 months
5 months

All Saints' Church, Ponsonby

5474

11 October 1917

Arch-dn Calder, Anglican

No	897
Date of Notice	11 October 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie Victor Brittenden	Kathleen Murray Clark
	💍 1917/5791
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	32	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 months	5 months
Marriage Place	All Saints' Church, Ponsonby
Folio	5474
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 October 1917
Officiating Minister	Arch-dn Calder, Anglican

898

11 October 1917

Henry Mitchell
Maud Tipper

Henry Mitchell
Maud Tipper
💍 1917/5799

Bachelor
Divorced 19 September 1917

Soldier

31
36

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
30 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

5475

11 October 1917

Registrar

No	898
Date of Notice	11 October 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Mitchell	Maud Tipper
	💍 1917/5799
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced 19 September 1917
Profession	Soldier
Age	31	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	30 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	5475
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 October 1917
Officiating Minister	Registrar

899

11 October 1917

Stanley Finlay Blank
Amy Isabel Connolly

Stanley Finlay Clark
Amy Isabel Connolly
💍 1917/5932

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

29
23

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
4 days

Church of the Sacred Heart, Ponsonby

5692

11 October 1917

Rev. P. Keller, Roman Catholic

No	899
Date of Notice	11 October 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stanley Finlay Blank	Amy Isabel Connolly
BDM Match (95%)	Stanley Finlay Clark	Amy Isabel Connolly
	💍 1917/5932
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Church of the Sacred Heart, Ponsonby
Folio	5692
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 October 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Keller, Roman Catholic

900

12 October 1917

David Cuthbert Parrett
Ivy Marion Parrett

David Cuthbert
Ivy Marion Garrett
💍 1917/5810

Widower 4 June 1916
Spinster

Cable Superintendent

61
30

Auckland
Auckland

2 days
Life

Residence of Mr Parrett, "Innismore", Park Rd, Onehunga

5476

12 October 1917

Rev. J. Pattison, Presbyterian

No	900
Date of Notice	12 October 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Cuthbert Parrett	Ivy Marion Parrett
BDM Match (79%)	David Cuthbert	Ivy Marion Garrett
	💍 1917/5810
Condition	Widower 4 June 1916	Spinster
Profession	Cable Superintendent
Age	61	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 days	Life
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr Parrett, "Innismore", Park Rd, Onehunga
Folio	5476
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 October 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Pattison, Presbyterian

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What is an Intention to Marry?

The 1854 Marriage Act required Pakeha settlers (and later Maori) to register their intention to marry from 1855. The resulting Notices of intention to marry were sent by the district registrars to the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages and bound into large volumes, each containing a year of notices. These registers were eventually deposited with Archives New Zealand.

What information does an ItM record?

A typical Intention to Marry notice records:

the bride and groom's full names
occupation of the groom (and sometimes the bride)
their ages
district where the marriage would take place
how long they had resided in the district
Where the marriage would take place (eg, a specific church)
Who would officiate the marriage (eg, a minister)
The date of the notice and also a date when the certificate was issued. Marriages had to take place within 3 months, and usually occurred within a week or so of the certificate date.
If one of the parties was under 21, a parent who consented to their marriage was usually specified

These details can provide clues for genealogical and historical research. Knowing the date and district makes it easier to look for wedding notices in Papers Past, and the amount of time that the parties had resided in a district can offer clues to whether a person was born in NZ, or when they immigrated.

However, finding individual records in the Intentions to Marry registers was typically a slow and manual process, usually requiring an in-person visit to Archives NZ's Wellington office (during limited opening hours) and using a handwritten card catalogue index to look up individual names.

Eight years of the registers had been digitised by Archives NZ prior to 2024, but even these digital versions required the use of a manual index and usually examining several pages to locate specific records.

What is the Intentions to Marry Project?

This project aims to transcribe the New Zealand Intentions to Marry registers (from 1855 to 1925) with the assistance of new technology (AI), making the records freely available and easily searchable.

The ITM records have also been cross-referenced with the registered marriages at DIA Births, Deaths and Marriages, where possible (a small fraction of the recorded intentions to marry did not become a registered marriage).

Currently we have almost all records between 1855 and 1908. More registers are being added almost every week.

The project is led by Luke Howison, a web developer who made the free genealogical research search tool NZ Ancestor Search Helper and Archway-style Collections Search. There are also some wonderful volunteers assisting with digitising the registers.

Can I volunteer to help?

Yes, you can! You can sign up to correct errors in the transcribed records and match ITMs with registered marriages.

I am also looking for Wellington-based volunteers to help me digitise more years of the registers. I can provide lighting equipment and a 'clicker' (to trigger your phone's camera).

How is the transcription done?

There are several steps to digitising and transcribing the records:

Digitising the registers (taking clean, straight, high-quality photos)
Processing the digitised pages by straightening, cropping and sharpening the images
Transcribing each page with a combination of AI tools
Matching each ITM with a registered marriage when possible
Human verification of the transcribed information

The main LLM (AI) used are the Google Gemini Pro and Flash models, which have excellent 'Vision' capabilities, and a generous free tier.

Archives NZ has released the register years they have digitised (1865-69, 1872, 1874 and 1880) under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license.

The Intention to Marry registers (up to 1925) are more than 100 years old, so their Crown Copyright has expired, putting them in the public domain. This also applies to any 'mechanical reproductions' (eg, pictures or photocopies) of their content without substantial alteration.

The transcribed records on this website are released under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal license, which allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, even for commercial purposes, while giving credit to the creator (NZ Intentions to Marry Project).